legislation: 116-hr-6326
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| 116-hr-6326 | 116 | hr | 6326 | COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020 | Housing and Community Development | 2020-03-23 | 2020-03-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] | MO | D | C001061 | 1 | COVID-19 Emergency Housing Relief Act of 2020 This bill establishes certain flexibilities related to public housing during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) emergency. For example, the bill suspends work requirements and time limitations on assistance associated with the Move to Work program; suspends the requirement that families residing in public housing must pay a minimum amount in rent; suspends the requirement that families may not be absent from a public housing unit for more than 180 consecutive calendar days; prohibits public housing agencies (PHAs) from terminating a household's eligibility for a housing choice voucher based on the household's failure to enter into a lease for an assisted unit; requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend income reviews, except in certain instances; allows HUD and USDA to suspend or delay certain deadlines relating to PHAs or owners of federally assisted housing; and suspends requirements for owners of federally assisted multifamily housing to remit residual receipts to HUD. | 2022-02-08T23:17:28Z |